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Monthly Archives: March 2009

March 20, 2009

A f’ortnight ago I wrote that my daughter was awaiting ‘imminently’ her first child. That turned out to be optimistic. Claudia Paige finally made her appearance yesterday afternoon, two weeks late and some 40+ hours after the onset of the…

March 17, 2009

So why should we see St Paddy as a gay icon? A recent book on Irish gay history (“Terrible Queer Creatures”, Brian Lacey) presents some evidence he may have had a long term intimate relationship with a man: “St. Patrick…

March 15, 2009

Several weeks ago, I posted information on a petition to support Vatican II, together with a link. This post has continued to attract readers and support, and many of you have followed the link to the petition site. Thank you.…

March 12, 2009

Several commentators are reporting that the next man to head Westminster will be Bernard Longley. I prefer to keep out of this kind of speculation, but if true this will be huge for us. This is the man who led…

March 11, 2009

As a child in Catholic primary schools, I vividly remember memorising, page by page, the catechism of the church: first a slim little red version, later a slightly fatter grey-green version for older students. “Who made you? God made me.”…

March 5, 2009

Michael Bayley, at The Wild Reed, and Colleen Cochivar-Baker at Enlightened Catholicism, show a fascinating exchange of views on the declining numbers in the Western church. (Both are responding to a reported drop in numbers in the US /Canadian Catholic…

March 5, 2009

Earlier I wrote about two landmark anniversaries for our Soho Masses. At about this time, I also pass three more personal landmarks, 2 concerning this blog specifically: 1st March marked 2 months since I launched “Queering the Church”, while sometime…

March 3, 2009

I spent last Saturday with a group of 20 LGBT Catholics on a pastoral planning workshop for the ‘Soho Masses’. These Masses are now marking a double anniversary: this week is the 2nd anniversary of their formal recognition by the…

March 2, 2009

As I continue to investigate the issues around faith and sexuality, I am constantly in search of reliable information and analyses to set against the misinformation, selective quotations and misinterpretations that masquerade as the conventional wisdom on the subject. Recently,…